Trainee Medical Affairs CHC

Job description

ABOUT THE JOB OPPORTUNITY

An exciting opportunity became available for a recent graduated talent who is looking to join a winning team and help build scientific credibility for Sanofi’s CHC product portfolio in Portugal.

As a Consumer Health Care Medical Trainee, you will have the chance to develop skills in several medical areas and be responsible to develop/implement medical activities in line with both local and region-specific objectives and strategies.

The location for this role is Lisbon, Portugal

ABOUT THE BUSINESS UNIT

The purpose of the Consumer Healthcare (CHC) unit is to offer a healthier and fuller life to our consumers. This mission defines what we believe in and represents the true meaning of our work at Sanofi. With all this, we strive daily to bring our products to consumers to say goodbye to the flu, cold and cough, combat their allergies, be loaded with good energy, enjoy good intestinal health and take care of the little ones of the house Our goal is to continue innovating in favor of the health and quality of life of users, identifying their needs and providing the best possible solutions for each of them.

Here you will find an international work environment in which you can deploy your talents and develop a successful professional career.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Management of medical affairs activities:

·  Co-develop periodic reports of activities
·  Monitor scientific messages of competition to maximize local scientific projects
·  Ensure delivery of medical commitments at a local level by clearly defining the desired outcome(s) from prioritized activities defined in medical strategies and define operational milestones to deliver on these medical commitments. Key activities include: developing insights, anticipating trends, identified & executing on science inspired innovation opportunities (observational studies, IIS, claim enhancement, product development, life cycle management, local switch opportunities), scientific endorsement and stakeholder management, risk mitigation
·  Be part of local cross functional team (including but not limited to medical, RA, MKT, trade, sales, CMI, etc.) to support new product launches and assess portfolio

Medical training:

·  Provide medical training on products and therapeutic area to internal and external stakeholders in accordance to strategies, corporate and local guidelines
·  Maintain up-to-date knowledge of product/category developments and newest research, regulatory guidelines, standard operating procedures, pharmaceutical/ medical environment
·  Collect information about our competitors and compare with our products
·  Represent the company through his/her product range within the medical peer group in & outside the company

Scientific events:

·  Coordinate and participate in advisory boards with external experts
·  Update local KOLs with new scientific evidence

Promotion & Sales activities:

·  Work closely with marketing, trade, sales and public affairs, regulatory departments as well as other
·  Ensure promotional and non-promotional materials comply with local SOPs

Relationship with external stakeholders:

·  Contact, build and maintain a network of key opinion leaders who can act as influencers / advocates the Company's products
·  Support regulatory affairs with Communication / Medical information of the products to Health authorities /other stakeholders, if requested

Project management:

·  Close collaboration with other functions (Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Compliance, Quality, Transparency, Medical Information, Legal, Communication, CMI, Innovation, etc)
·  Collaboration with medical teams at the MCO/corporate level to ensure the proper implementation of the international medical strategy and a two-way communication flow on the characteristics of the local market

Business development:

·  Identify business opportunities, work transversally and with a very fluid communication with sales, mkt and others, within CHC as well as other GBUs to optimize our commercial competitiveness
·  the candidate will Implement and control all medical activities within their defined therapeutic area, in accordance with the current regulations, internal procedures and the directives of the Scientific Direction, in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the Company

ABOUT YOU

Mandatory to have:

·  A Master’s degree in a life Science degree (preferably a Degree in Pharmacy)
·  At least 1 year of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
·  Oral and written proficiency in Portuguese and English
·  Dedicated and persuasive with a “can-do” attitude and “think out of the box” mindset
·  Self-learning attitude
·  High standards of integrit
·  A PROTOCOL SIGNED BETWEEN YOUR UNIVERSITY AND SANOFI

Nice to have:

·  Understanding of consumer health care
·  Experience in working across and building effective partnerships between business, Medical and Regulatory
·  Strong business and commercial acumen and an ability to make strategic decisions independently

WHAT SANOFI CAN OFFER YOU

• A role in which you are fundamental to create the best practices and, as the organization grows, you can grow too

• Remunerated practices

• This is a full-time position and we support flexible work to combine your personal life with your professional life

ABOUT SANOFI

Empower Life Everyday

At Sanofi we work across human health from vaccines to rare diseases, and consumer healthcare. This creates opportunities to work across different areas to build a diverse and exciting career. Sanofi has the capabilities and resources to support your aspirations to fulfill your ambitions and be the best you can be.

Our purpose at Sanofi is to work passionately every day to understand and solve healthcare needs of people across the world. Our ambition is by 2025, to be a top 3 innovative, global and diversified human healthcare company. One that embraces transformative technologies and is focused on its area of excellence, which means we’re not there to try to solve everybody’s problems. We want to focus on those areas where we know we are making a difference.  

The values we are live by are teamwork, courage, respect and integrity

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.